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Calcification of Intervertebral Discs in the Dachshund

Forkalkede intervertebralskiver hos dachshund. En røntgenologisk undersøkelse av 327 unge hunder

A Radiographic Study of 327 Young Dogs

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica volume 32, pages 197–203 (1991)Cite this article

Abstract

The vertebral columns of 327 clinically normal, 12 to 18 months old dachshunds, were x-rayed. This sample represented 16.1 % of all dachshunds registered with the Norwegian Kennel Club in the period 1986–1988. Calcified intervertebral discs were identified in 79 (24.2 %) of the dogs and the number of calcified discs in each individual varied from 1 to 11 with a mean of 2.3. Calcified discs were estimated to occur in 23.5 % of Norwegian dachshunds.

The occurrence of calcified discs in standard-sized dachshunds was higher in the wirehaired variety (27.1%) than in the smoothcoated (16.4%) or longhaired (9.1 %) varieties. However, within the longhaired variety the occurrence was higher in dwarfs and kaninchens (36.0 %) than in standard-sized dachshunds (9.1 %). Calcification was identified in all cervical, thoracic and lumbar intervertebral discs other than T1–2, and was found to be most frequent in the caudal thoracic vertebral column.

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Virvelsøylen til 327 klinisk normale dachshunder i alderen 12–18 måneder ble undersøkt røntgenologisk. Hundene utgjorde 16.1 % av samtlige dachshunder registrert i Norsk Kennel Klub i-perioden 1986–1988. Forkalkede intervertebralskiver ble påvist hos 79 (24.2 %) av hundene. Hos disse var fra 1 til 11 skiver forkalket, med gjennomsnitt på 2.3. Forkalkede skiver ble estimert til å forekomme hos 23.5 % av norske dachshunder.

For hundene med standard-størrelse var forekomsten av forkalkede skiver høyere hos strihår (27.1 %) enn hos glatt- (16.4 %) og langhår (9.1 %). For langhårsvarianten var også forekomsten høyere hos dverg- og kanin-størrelsene (36.0%) enn hos standard-størrelsen (9.1 %).

Forkalkning ble påvist i samtlige cervicale, thoracale og lumbale intervertebralskiver bortsett fra T1-2. Bakre del av thoracalcolumna ble funnet å være vanligste lokalisasjon for forkalkede skiver.

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Stigen, Ø. Calcification of Intervertebral Discs in the Dachshund. Acta Vet Scand 32, 197–203 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1186/BF03546981

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